When the French writer Victor Hugo died in 1885, nearly 2 million people joined his funeral procession in Paris. The poet, novelist and dramatist had written some of the most revered books of all time ...
If you open the Google homepage on Friday, you'll be greeted with a familiar face. You might not recognize Victor Hugo at first, but you almost definitely know his works—Hugo wrote The Hunchback of ...
Victor Hugo is the subject of the latest Google Doodle, which went up on Friday to mark 155 years since the final chapter of his epic novel Les Misérables was published. The beloved French poet, ...
Victor Hugo’s posthumous reputation rests mainly upon his magnificent and dauntingly prodigious output as a man of letters – as a novelist, a poet, a playwright and essayist, whose greatest work, “Les ...
Today’s Google doodle is a callout to French novelist, poet and human rights activist Victor Hugo. The doodle marks the publication date of what is arguably his most well-known novel, “Les Misérables.
Hugo's novel tops Amazon's best-seller list in France, following Monday's fire that ravaged the cathedral. The 19th century story was a campaign to get the cathedral restored. "The Hunchback Of Notre ...
When I hear the words Les Misérables, my mind often casts to the musical first and the film adaptation second. What I seem to almost always forget is that this story started life as a novel, and a ...
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A bronze sculpture of French writer Victor Hugo has been unveiled to mark the 170th anniversary of his arrival in Guernsey.
Victor Hugo is the subject of the latest Google Doodle, which went up on Friday to mark 155 years since the final chapter of his epic novel Les Misérables was published. The beloved French poet, ...
"The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" was at the top of Amazon's bestsellers list in France on Tuesday afternoon. The cathedral in the title is immortalized by Victor Hugo's 1831 novel and by later film ...